The Top Movies, Weekend of December 15, 2000

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	What Women Want	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$33,614,543		3,012	$11,160	$33,614,543	3
2	(new)	Dude, Where's My Car?	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$13,845,914		2,087	$6,634	$13,845,914	3
3	(1)	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal	Comedy	$13,805,465	-25.96%	3,256	$4,240	$213,634,400	31
4	(new)	The Emperor's New Groove	Buena Vista	Adventure	$9,812,302		2,801	$3,503	$9,812,302	3
5	(2)	Vertical Limit	Sony Pictures	Action	$9,103,866	-41.30%	2,307	$3,946	$28,811,128	10
6	(3)	Proof of Life	Warner Bros.	Action	$5,382,656	-47.27%	2,705	$1,990	$18,771,182	10
7	(4)	Unbreakable	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$3,734,493	-50.46%	2,297	$1,626	$83,119,244	26
8	(6)	102 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,664,601	-57.25%	2,190	$1,217	$47,995,472	26
9	(5)	Dungeons and Dragons	New Line	Adventure	$2,438,086	-66.31%	2,078	$1,173	$11,147,608	10
10	(7)	Rugrats in Paris	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,839,832	-53.45%	2,540	$724	$62,968,809	31
11	(8)	Meet the Parents	Universal	Comedy	$1,200,775	-60.33%	1,380	$870	$159,004,330	73
12	(9)	Charlie's Angels	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$1,102,208	-58.03%	1,625	$678	$121,106,919	45
13	(15)	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,078,762	+62.66%	31	$34,799	$2,145,415	10
14	(10)	Bounce	Miramax	Drama	$929,821	-64.13%	1,658	$561	$35,825,414	31
15	(11)	Men of Honor	20th Century Fox	Drama	$903,851	-57.35%	1,290	$701	$46,242,629	38
16	(13)	Billy Elliot	USA Films	Drama	$585,220	-36.12%	405	$1,445	$15,484,250	66
17	(22)	Quills	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$442,182	+176.08%	61	$7,249	$1,405,023	26
18	(12)	The 6th Day	Sony Pictures	Action	$372,114	-72.75%	704	$529	$33,813,823	31
19	(19)	You Can Count on Me	Paramount Classics	Drama	$247,687	-16.66%	52	$4,763	$2,379,148	38
20	(18)	Best in Show	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$203,074	-34.59%	206	$986	$16,574,225	82
21	(14)	Little Nicky	New Line	Comedy	$176,015	-79.60%	571	$308	$38,542,597	38
22	(21)	Cyberworld 3D	IMAX Films	Adventure	$160,784	-7.38%	37	$4,346	$3,640,193	73
23	(new)	Chocolat	Miramax	Drama	$157,624		8	$19,703	$157,624	3
24	(16)	Remember the Titans	Buena Vista	Drama	$151,633	-65.07%	334	$454	$112,588,094	80
25	(23)	Requiem for a Dream	Artisan	Drama	$140,088	-7.27%	93	$1,506	$2,546,851	73
26	(20)	Bedazzled	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$135,204	-22.24%	347	$390	$37,182,451	59
27	(17)	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$91,584	-71.98%	286	$320	$30,564,958	45
28	(32)	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$88,242	+17.98%	16	$5,515	$14,075,244	227
29	(27)	Bring it On	Universal	Comedy	$81,925	-24.81%	195	$420	$68,172,810	115
30	(26)	What's Cooking		Drama	$72,982	-33.25%	49	$1,489	$992,632	31
31	(35)	Mysteries of Egypt	Sony Pictures	Documentary	$63,258	-6.19%	16	$3,954	$40,382,986	886
32	(29)	A Hard Day's Night	Universal		$60,992	-36.13%	18	$3,388	$277,430	13,278
33	(30)	What Lies Beneath	Dreamworks SKG	Thriller/Suspense	$60,539	-33.47%	193	$314	$155,243,518	150
34	(24)	Pay it Forward	Warner Bros.	Drama	$53,498	-58.19%	152	$352	$32,901,836	59
35	(48)	Lucky Numbers	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$52,345	+66.94%	244	$215	$10,014,234	52
36	(31)	Almost Famous	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$49,345	-38.93%	91	$542	$31,932,799	94
37	(new)	Pollock	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$44,244		2	$22,122	$44,244	3
38	(40)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$42,475	-0.24%	16	$2,655	$8,446,817	227
39	(34)	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Phaedra Cinema	Comedy	$41,055	-39.40%	14	$2,933	$1,010,831	192
40	(36)	Dancer in the Dark	Fine Line	Musical	$38,044	-40.03%	45	$845	$4,157,491	87
41	(28)	The Ladies Man	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$35,022	-63.97%	153	$229	$13,592,872	66
42	(33)	The Exorcist	Warner Bros.	Horror	$33,605	-52.77%	175	$192	$39,632,868	9,854
43	(25)	Red Planet	Warner Bros.	Action	$33,252	-71.28%	90	$369	$17,131,166	38
44	(44)	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	Buena Vista	Musical	$33,053	-17.44%	30	$1,102	$51,208,088	352
45	(62)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$31,212	+125.11%	10	$3,121	$35,430,031	787
46	(42)	Dr. T and the Women	Artisan	Romantic Comedy	$30,232	-26.66%	85	$356	$13,065,561	66
47	(39)	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Artisan	Horror	$28,819	-36.74%	102	$283	$26,421,314	52
48	(49)	Boys Life 3	Strand Releasing	Drama	$26,216	-7.97%	8	$3,277	$66,148	10
49	(47)	A Time for Drunken Horses			$26,112	-31.08%	18	$1,451	$517,823	52
50	(45)	Two Family House		Drama	$25,876	-33.46%	34	$761	$990,417	73
51	(61)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$25,865	+84.47%	10	$2,587	$8,570,208	416
52	(re-entry)	Ride (2000)		Documentary	$24,999		7	$3,571	$3,176,650	71
53	(46)	Wonder Boys	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$23,720	-38.14%	14	$1,694	$19,217,251	299
54	(43)	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Universal	Comedy	$21,870	-46.40%	81	$270	$123,272,875	143
55	(54)	Left Luggage		Drama	$18,409	-8.01%	7	$2,630	$175,216	87
56	(41)	The Contender	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$18,037	-56.61%	44	$410	$17,693,172	66
57	(51)	Coyote Ugly	Buena Vista	Drama	$16,765	-32.81%	45	$373	$60,757,481	136
58	(52)	Season's Beatings	Empire Pictures	Comedy	$15,603	-32.47%	4	$3,901	$172,205	31
59	(38)	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$15,411	-67.94%	24	$642	$1,706,717	80
60	(56)	Aimee & Jaguar	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$15,264	-20.17%	16	$954	$881,306	129
61	(53)	Into the Arms of Strangers	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$14,405	-34.19%	16	$900	$374,555	94
62	(67)	Yi Yi		Drama	$14,064	+26.90%	5	$2,813	$152,585	73
63	(89)	Dark Days			$13,555	+140.17%	7	$1,936	$360,389	110
64	(78)	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Indican Pictures	Drama	$11,560	+47.04%	3	$3,853	$158,868	80
65	(65)	Place Vendome			$11,273	-8.79%	10	$1,127	$742,632	122
66	(59)	Panic			$10,327	-37.64%	5	$2,065	$60,258	17
67	(74)	Extreme	IMAX Films	Documentary	$9,685	+4.85%	8	$1,211	$10,494,978	636
68	(94)	The Girl Next Door	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$9,416	+88.32%	2	$4,708	$485,574	248
69	(66)	Goya in Bordeaux			$9,393	-19.23%	13	$723	$672,170	94
70	(68)	Digimon: The Movie	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,086	-21.84%	47	$172	$9,620,757	73
71	(re-entry)	Way Down Town			$8,032		4	$2,008	$81,031	24
72	(72)	Dinosaur	Buena Vista	Adventure	$6,852	-27.90%	60	$114	$137,725,800	213
73	(64)	One Day in September			$6,485	-47.89%	2	$3,243	$97,800	31
74	(93)	Solas			$6,111	+13.97%	10	$611	$367,939	101
75	(80)	Decalogue			$6,088	-17.41%	2	$3,044	$488,744	192
76	(70)	Rififi			$5,973	-39.69%	4	$1,493	$418,016	150
77	(118)	Ran	Orion Classics	Drama	$5,728	+343.69%	3	$1,909	$304,272	5,477
78	(98)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$5,695	+54.71%	3	$1,898	$5,131,607	661
79	(88)	I'm the One That I Want		Comedy	$5,653	-2.37%	4	$1,413	$666,647	136
80	(75)	The Wind Will Carry Us			$5,644	-33.70%	4	$1,411	$232,963	143
81	(90)	Island of the Sharks	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,629	+0.57%	4	$1,407	$8,945,732	598
82	(new)	The Visit			$5,517		1	$5,517	$5,517	3
83	(106)	Just Looking			$5,267	+114.89%	11	$479	$39,852	66
84	(79)	Ratcatcher			$5,251	-30.23%	5	$1,050	$117,995	66
85	(57)	Venus Beauty Institute			$5,011	-73.72%	4	$1,253	$474,745	52
86	(73)	Nurse Betty	USA Films	Black Comedy	$4,275	-53.97%	19	$225	$25,167,270	101
87	(91)	Me & Isaac Newton			$4,244	-21.83%	3	$1,415	$32,269	45
88	(81)	Under Suspicion			$4,231	-39.98%	4	$1,058	$328,709	87
89	(77)	Space Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$4,226	-48.19%	13	$325	$89,782,964	136
90	(re-entry)	Orfeu			$3,971		3	$1,324	$102,954	115
91	(83)	Destinees Sentimentales, Les			$3,796	-41.50%	6	$633	$89,828	31
92	(97)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$3,667	-5.32%	2	$1,834	$3,250,915	248
93	(82)	The Art of Amália	Avatar	Documentary	$3,495	-49.35%	1	$3,495	$14,445	10
94	(103)	Girl on the Bridge		Romantic Comedy	$3,437	+16.43%	10	$344	$1,702,961	143
95	(71)	Sound and Fury			$3,389	-64.67%	4	$847	$60,783	55
96	(95)	Sade			$3,361	-28.82%	5	$672	$86,349	31
97	(104)	Time Regained			$3,337	+21.35%	3	$1,112	$461,493	185
98	(new)	Tuvalu	Indican Pictures		$3,336		1	$3,336	$3,336	3
99	(84)	Solomon and Gaenor			$3,331	-47.57%	9	$370	$301,754	115
100	(86)	Suzhou River			$3,128	-48.90%	2	$1,564	$60,187	40
101	(69)	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Buena Vista	Musical	$2,980	-71.06%	17	$175	$50,374,301	2,623
102	(re-entry)	The Bridge	Phaedra Cinema	Drama	$2,953		3	$984	$148,093	52
103	(110)	Polax			$2,888	+51.52%	2	$1,444	$148,095	101
104	(re-entry)	From the Edge of the City			$2,805		1	$2,805	$31,065	241
105	(87)	The Tao of Steve		Romantic Comedy	$2,787	-53.15%	5	$557	$4,340,373	136
106	(102)	Moitie Gauche du Figo, La			$2,719	-10.56%	1	$2,719	$20,038	31
107	(85)	Spring Forward			$2,398	-61.75%	2	$1,199	$11,719	10
108	(re-entry)	Gout Des Autres, Le			$2,186		5	$437	$340,938	87
109	(100)	George Washington			$2,139	-38.05%	2	$1,070	$80,833	52
110	(new)	South of Heaven, West of Hell			$2,042		1	$2,042	$2,042	3
111	(142)	Hochelaga			$1,723	+1,018.83%	1	$1,723	$36,378	108
112	(115)	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,540	+4.83%	3	$513	$5,215,330	444
113	(105)	Blue Moon	Castle Hill Productions	Comedy	$1,449	-42.06%	1	$1,449	$70,128	45
114	(107)	Tigerland	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,342	-44.75%	2	$671	$136,291	73
115	(124)	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Discovery/IMAX	Documentary	$1,332	+47.02%	4	$333	$13,366,500	955
116	(109)	The Basket	MGM/UA	Drama	$1,291	-33.52%	3	$430	$573,760	227
117	(113)	Harry, He's Here to Help			$1,245	-25.58%	2	$623	$137,515	66
118	(138)	Boesman and Lena	Kino	Drama	$1,224	+446.43%	2	$612	$32,148	45
119	(120)	Set Me Free			$1,154	-3.43%	1	$1,154	$73,445	248
120	(92)	Kippur			$1,125	-79.15%	2	$563	$96,369	45
121	(new)	Voyages			$1,055		1	$1,055	$1,055	3
122	(76)	Lies			$961	-88.35%	2	$481	$45,015	31
123	(117)	Benjamin Smoke	Cowboy Pictures	Documentary	$911	-33.75%	1	$911	$36,229	150
124	(111)	Muses Orphelines, Les			$908	-51.13%	3	$303	$92,285	38
125	(96)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$852	-79.04%	3	$284	$15,458,694	1,886
126	(121)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$825	-22.02%	3	$275	$16,631,455	1,256
127	(re-entry)	Yana's Friends			$801		1	$801	$6,954	17
128	(119)	Maelstrom			$779	-35.67%	1	$779	$214,433	94
129	(114)	Criminal Lovers			$704	-53.87%	1	$704	$48,829	150
130	(116)	Ouch		Comedy	$663	-54.15%	1	$663	$8,289	17
131	(123)	Beau Travail	New Yorker	Drama	$505	-47.94%	3	$168	$252,489	262
132	(108)	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack		Documentary	$419	-82.08%	1	$419	$211,271	124
133	(re-entry)	Kestrel's Eye			$344		1	$344	$37,200	325
134	(re-entry)	Confessions of Dr. Sachs			$328		1	$328	$53,346	59
135	(131)	Taboo			$225	-44.03%	1	$225	$51,347	73
136	(127)	Taxi 2			$217	-66.67%	1	$217	$727,386	73
137	(re-entry)	Diary of a Chambermaid			$168		1	$168	$17,754	66
138	(136)	Mark Twain's America 3D	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$156	-44.68%	1	$156	$2,054,415	899
139	(re-entry)	My Father Angel			$112		1	$112	$589	17
140	(141)	Dernier Harem, La			$73	-56.02%	1	$73	$8,954	31

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